This week is "the calm before the storm" as the Arizona legislature is still out of session this week but will reconvene next week. This coming week is commonly referred to as "Hell Week." An explanation of sorts is below.
There's only one official committee meeting on the schedule this coming week.
On Monday, 1/ 5 - Nada.
On Tuesday, 1/6
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Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Access to Breakthrough Mental Health Therapies meets at 10 a.m. in SHR2. On the agenda: no bills; four presentations.
On Wednesday, 1/7 and Thursday, 1/8 - Nada.
"Hell Week" is the week before the legislative session. Lobbyists, under AZ law, are specifically forbidden from making campaign contributions to sitting legislators during the legislative session.
From ARS 41-1234.01 -
They get around that restriction by holding parties/events before the session and created to funnel money to sitting state legislators (not a partisan thing - while most of the recipients of lobbyist largesse are Rs, some Ds attend those parties, too). While those cash parties are easily as much a part of legislative life as committee meeting, they won't appear on any legislative calendar.
Another way for lobbyists to evade the law is to buy "donate to" candidates before they become legislators. Those transactions can happen at any time.
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